Situated in the Shaanxi Museum, the Stele Forest of Xian is the largest and oldest of its kind in China with a collection of 2,300 stone tablets and epitaphs from the Han, Wei, Jin, Sui tang, Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing, forming comprehensive library of books-on-stones that of immeasurable historical and artistic value.

Terra Cotta Warriors
　

    The Mausoleum of Emperor Qin Shihuang (259-210BC) who was the first emperor unified China and founded the fist dynasty under the feudalism, is located at the foot of Lishan Mountain, Shaanxi Province. Covering an area of 56.25 square kilometers, the mausoleum was designed according to the capital then.
     Siding with the mausoleum about 1.5 kilometers away east, it is the vaults of the terra-cotta warriors and horses, the mighty army of the emperor and the most popular tourist 

attraction of Shaanxi. An in-site museum has been built over these pits, covering a floorspace of 20,000 square meters and displaying 8,000 life-size terracotta warriors, 100 or so chariots and 30,000 weapons. It is known as the “ the Eighth Wonder of the world”. In 1987, the United Nations’ Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) inscribed the Mausoleum of the Emperor Qin Shihuang and Terra-cotta Warriors on the world Heritage list.

The Wild Goose Tower
　

      Located on the south of Xi’an, the famous pagoda stands in what was formerly called “the Temple of Great Maternal Grace” or Ci’en Temple in Chinese. The original pagoda was built in 652 AD to house the Buddhist scriptures brought back from India by the traveling monk Xuan Zang. Standing on a terrace, the Big Wild Goose Pagoda looks impressive. It is seven-story building, with a brick-wood structure and about 64 meters heigh. It offers a full view of the ancient Xi’an City when one climbs to the top of the pagoda.